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<h1>About creating an index file
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<p>The index file you create in HTML Help Workshop is an HTML file that uses a site map and can be added to a Web site. If you choose to include it as part of a compiled help (.chm) file, the compiler will compress the site map and create a binary index, which takes up less space.</p>

<p>There are some important <a href="idxent3.htm">differences between binary and site map index files</a> that can help you decide which type you want to use. 
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<h3>Notes
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If you are designing a help system using the  <A HREF="tripane.htm">Help Viewer</A>, adding an index file to your help project will also create the <b>Index</b> tab in the left pane of the Help Viewer after the project is compiled.
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If you are designing for a Web site or your own frameset, make sure you <A HREF="htaxin.htm">add the HTML Help ActiveX control</A> to the appropriate files and <A HREF="cntfr.htm">specify a default frame</A> to display your index file.
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